Golf ball holders



Oct. 30, 1956 R. c. HOUSER GOLF BALL HOLDERS Filed Nov. 27, 1955INVENTOR. RICHARD C. HOUSER BY w United States Patent GOLF BALL HOLDERSRichard C. Houser, University City, Mo. Application November 27, 1953,Serial No. 394,685

2 Claims. (Cl. 224-) This invention relates generally to golf ballholders and more specifically to holders for golf balls which may beconveniently attached to the belts of golfers or to other supports, suchfor instance as golf club bags or golf club carts, the predominantobject of the invention being to provide such a golf ball holder whichis capable of performing its intended function in a highly efiicientmanner.

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the golf ball holder of this invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the golf ball holder illustrated by Fig.1.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken on staggered line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

In the drawing, wherein is shown for purposes of illustration, merely,one embodiment of the invention, A designates the improved golf ballholder generally. The golf ball holder A comprises a tubular housing 1which is provided at its top with a suitable closure member 2, theclosure element illustrated in the drawing being pro vided with anannular, downwardly extended flange 2' which is projected into the topportion of the tubular housing 1. The flange 2' is provided with aplurality of depressions 3 and portions 4 of wall of the tubular housing1 are punched into said depressions so as to lock said closure elementin place relative to said tubular housing. At the lower end of thetubular housing the circumferential wall is cut away, as indicated at 5in the drawing, portions 6 of the wall of the tubular housing located atopposite sides and at the bottom of the cut away portion 5 being bentinwardly slightly so as to, in effect, reduce the diameter of thetubular housing at the lower end thereof.

The improved golf ball holder A includes a band 7 which encircles thetubular housing 1 thereof. Preferably this band is formed of fabric andstitched thereto is a strip of material 8 which is provided with loopportions 8 that project through openings formed through the band 7, saidstrip of material 8 being located between the band 7 and the wall of thetubular housing, as shown in Fig. 4. The loop portion 8' of the strip2,768,775 Patented Oct. 30, 1956 of material receive the shank portionsof golf tees 9 for supporting said tees in position for ready use. Thegolf ball holder A is provided with a spring clip 10 which includes aninner curved portion 10*, a bridge portion 10 and a straight verticalportion 10, a portion of the curved portion 10 of the spring clippassing through an inclined opening 11 formed through wall of thetubular housing, while the lower end portion of said curved portion 10-extends into another inclined opening 12 formed in the wall of saidtubular housing. An upper portion of the spring clip 10 is disposed inan opening 13 formed in the closure member 2 and the curved portion 10and the straight vertical portion of contact with each other, asindicated at 14 in Fig. 2.

In the use of the improved golf ball holder of this invention thecontracted lower end portion is not large enough to permit the golf ballto pass therethrough and consequently the balls are retained within thetubular housing 1. When it is desired to remove a golf ball from theholder the lowermost golf ball is raised upwardly to the position shownby broken lines in Fig. 2, the upper golf balls being elevated alongwith said lowermost golf ball. This brings the lowermost golf ball abovethe contracted lower portion of the tubular housing 1, in other words,above the opposed, inwardly bent, portions 6 of said tubular housing; toa point where the cut away portion 5 is of full width when saidlowermost golf ball may be withdrawn laterally from the holder. When thelowermost golf ball has been withdrawn from the holder as explained, theupper, unsupported golf balls fall within the holder until the lowermostof said previously mentioned upper golf balls is engaged and held by thecontracted lower portion of the tubular housing 1.

I claim:

1. A golf ball holder comprising an elongated, tubular, verticallydisposed housing of a diameter slideably to receive a golf ball and alength to contain a plurality of golf balls, said housing being open atits lower end, the wall of said housing being cut away in an axialdirection from the margin of the wall defining the open lower end of thehousing to define an inverted U-shaped opening of a size to admit asingle golf ball, the lower end of the wall defining the legs of thesaid U-shaped opening being bent inwardly a distance sufficient toengage and hold a golf ball but to permit a substantial portion lessthan half of the golf ball to depend below the lower margin of the saidlegs-defining wall.

2. The golf ball holder of claim 1 wherein a spring clip is provided atthe upper end of said housing.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS D.83,254 Holm Feb. 10, 1931 1,414,875 Hanaford May 2, 1922 1,739,780Buhrke Dec. 17, 1929 2,590,154 Burns Mar. 25, 1952

